Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal health of our nation.

Health reform is an essential part of restoring America's economy and maintaining our competitiveness.

Sadly, the President's budget proposal for the upcoming year once again puts cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans over addressing our country's severe fiscal problems.

Firefighters are essential to the safety and security of our local communities. We owe it to these men and women to provide them with better training and equipment so they can do their jobs more effectively and safely.

That means political unity, which is absolutely essential to defeat the insurgency, does not exist in Iraq, ... Meet the Press.

The American people deserve a budget that invests in the future, protects the most vulnerable among us and helps to create jobs and economic security.